TY  - BOOK
AU  - Walters, Minette,
TI  - The players
SN  - 9781761471834
U1  - 823.92 23
PY  - 2024///.
CY  - Crows Nest, NSW : 
PB  - Allen & Unwin, 
KW  - Monmouth's Rebellion, 1685
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Bloody Assizes, 1685
KW  - Nobility
KW  - Treason
KW  - Death row
KW  - Rescues
KW  - Interpersonal relations
KW  - Deception
KW  - Revenge
KW  - Dorset (England)
KW  - History
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Charles II, 1660-1685
KW  - James II, 1685-1688
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - lcgft
N2  - England, 1685. Decades after the end of the civil war, the country is once again divided when Charles II's illegitimate son, the Protestant Duke of Monmouth, arrives in Dorset to incite rebellion against his Catholic uncle. Armed only with pitchforks, Monmouth's army is quickly defeated by King James II's superior forces and charged with high treason. Those found guilty will be hanged, drawn and quartered. As Dorset braces for carnage, the redoubtable Lady Jayne Harrier and her enigmatic son, assisted by the reclusive daughter of a local magistrate, contrive ways to save men from the gallows. Compelling and powerful, The Players is a story of guile, deceit and compassion during the dark days of The Bloody Assizes. Secrets are kept and surprising friendships formed in a dangerous gamble to thwart a brutal king's thirst for vengeance
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